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Melvin Hopkins

Case from New-york, NY dated Sep 15, 1979

Victim Details

Melvin E. Hopkins

Male

Black / African American

New-york

NY

1979-09-15

39

Melvin

Hopkins

07/06/2026

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On a Saturday evening in September of 1979, Melvin Hopkins, a 39-year-old male, was off-duty from his job as a New York City Police Officer. He was standing outside a liquor store owned by his uncle at the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn as the store was closing for the night. The end of his watch came unexpectedly and violently when a man attempted to force his way into the closed establishment.

Earlier that evening, ...
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  • Slain Officer Honored by 5,000 Policemen - The New York Times
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